Monday, September 23, 2013

Background of the Campaign

According to
the available data, Bihar and especially Patna is no less than any other state
or any country in case of sexual harassment of women at workplace and other
atrocities as well. It also haves a large number of such cases which occur
endlessly, but most of them are unregistered and no data is available for
accessing the number of such occurrences.

The condition
of the working women in Bihar is even more pathetic. Even if such cases comes
in lime light, the police administration and courts do not show their least interest
in providing redressal to the victim. Rather, the victim is further victimized
by them as well as the society. The government is also indifferent about the
condition of women more specifically the working women. As, the government does
not have any record relating to the cases of sexual harassment of women at
workplace, it is difficult to get a clear idea about the situation. Even if the
government is taking certain steps such as setting up the local complaint
committee, it is not known to anyone. Thus, the impact of these steps are nil.

Therefore, the campaign has undertaken the responsibility as well as the challenge to curb sexual harassment of women at workplace.